KEENELAND
Weather: Clear
Temperature: 40
Track: Fast
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Another crisp day at Keeneland with everyone feeling good in the colder weather (well the horses anyway) as the temperature barely crept into the mid-40s by the time training hours ended at 10 a.m.
Only three Breeders’ Cup works here Thursday, but plenty of action to note, especially in regards to the Classic, with just more than a week remaining until the big event.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike had a quiet morning of training in the barn area at Keeneland as he continues to prepare for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, not going up to the track as trainer Eric Reed kept a close eye on him.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Naughty Gal, who would have been a huge price in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, has been withdrawn from consideration by Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas for the Nov. 4 race at Keeneland, making way for one of the pre-entered horses on the alternates list.
Churchill Downs will host a new Kentucky Derby future pool beginning next week that will close prior to the Breeders’ Cup event, with a field that includes a total of 40 betting interests, the company announced on Tuesday.
This will be the earliest that Churchill has hosted a Derby future pool since the company inaugurated the wager in 1999, and the first that will offer 40 betting interests. Earlier future pools had offered 24 interests due to limitations in the sport’s bet-processing systems.
KEENELAND
Weather: Cloudy
Temperature : 54
Track: Good
LEXINGTON, Ky. – It was a very cold and relatively uneventful morning on the Breeders’ Cup front Wednesday at Keeneland where the highlights came early and late, with FLIGHTLINE galloping at his usual time shortly after 5:30 a.m. and BLUE STRIPE working an eye-catching five furlongs for the Distaff nearly four hours later.
Keeneland
Weather: Cloudy
Temperature: 56 degrees
Track: Fast
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Fast horses work fast! For those who didn’t already know it, that was the lesson learned Tuesday morning at Keeneland where the track was tight and some of the quickest horses on the planet showed off that speed when turning in final major preps for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint and Filly and Mare Sprint to be decided here at six and seven furlongs, respectively, on Nov. 5.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Longshot Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike breezed Tuesday morning at Keeneland as he prepares to attempt another upset in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Rich Strike, most recently a close second to Hot Rod Charlie in the Grade 2 Lukas Classic, and regular exercise rider Gabriel Lagunes came onto the track as it opened at 5:30 a.m. Rich Strike proceeded to breeze five furlongs in 1:02.71 on the watch of Daily Racing Form's Mike Welsch. He galloped out six furlongs in 1:16.04.
The 125th Fort Erie meet concluded on Monday with $1.5 million wagered on an extended 12-race card.
Originally scheduled for Oct. 18, closing day was postponed due to inclement weather. There was a mid-card delay on Monday due to a 45-minute power outage in the town of Fort Erie.
A total of $33.2 million was wagering at the 40-day meet, which was a 16 percent increase over the previous year.
